Subj : Re: flood stuff was: Vacation To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Wed May 06 2020 21:33:48 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 30-Apr-2020 11:30 <=- BM> Back from my Abbreviated Thursday Morning Meanderings. "Scored" a BM> four-pack of Angel Soft toilet paper for a neighbour who has been BM> on-line shopping but her store (not a HyVee) is always out of toilet BM> paper. I was talked out of putting a bow on the package as a joke. [chuckle] Who knows, she might have appreciated the bow.... ;) It was a nice gesture/present all the same... :) BM>> Was at 31ø when I woke up to what sounded like something sliding off BM>> the roof -- must have been the trash pickup as they start at 4 a.m. now BM>> due to the COVID-19. Used to start collections at 7 a.m. Not sure why BM>> they start three hours earlier now but.... NB>> I don't think that our pickup times were changed due to COVID-19... NB>> I suppose starting earlier would let them finish earlier, maybe gives NB>> time to sanitize afterwards....? BM> Possible. Even though automated pick up I'm quite sure there are BM> accidents: minor ones from the container being blown over by the wind BM> to more major ones like not being held securely by the picker's BM> claw-arms. Neither of those are COVID-19 specific; I would have wanted BM> to clean up after returning from the route. Sanitizing before entering BM> the trucks would help prevent spread amongst the workers but doesn't BM> take three hours, plus the start of the route was also advanced. I was thinking sanitizing after the route... which should still be sanitized when they start the next day's route.... BM>> Supposed to get into the low 60's this afternoon but also up to 40 MPH BM>> winds this afternoon and rain/thunderstorms around 9 or 10 tonight. NB>> We had that last week, too... and now we're having a similar weather NB>> pattern again this week... a little warmer this week, though, than NB>> last... it was almost 70 today.... And there's only a slight NB>> possibility of the thunderstorms.... BM> We had some rain, thundestorms, wind earlier this week; today is nice BM> and clear but very windy. Supposed to get into the lower 70's today; BM> TV forecast says low-80's for Saturday but ansiweather (wherever their BM> forecast comes from) says 74ø for Saturday's high. Cooler Sunday and BM> next week. Still no thunderstorms here that I'm aware of... rain and wind, though... and now this week is quite cool for May, after having had a lovely Sunday, with the high in the high 70s... frost warnings almost every night this week, and the threat of snow for maybe Saturday... BM> BM>>> It seemed like the TV would accept the last station scanned, so 47 BM>>> (repeater, weaker) would be selected over 4 (primary, stronger), BM>>> though not always (47.1, 4.2, for example). So good something else BM>>> was changed. NB>>> True, it would have been less annoying if there seemed to be some NB>>> legitmate logic to it... BM>> Though I'd rather have it so both the stations were selected and the BM>> user could select the option of removal. NB>> More likely that you'd pick the proper one to remove or to keep, that NB>> way.... ;) BM> And there are reasons to want the weaker repeater station: a while BM> back something happened and Channel 4 (the main station) was on but no BM> data: the carrier was there but no audio nor video. The repeater BM> station at Channel 47 was broadcasting properly. Yes... at that point, you'd want the option to choose the working station, for sure.... :) ttyl neb .... When dealing with the insane the best method is to pretend to be sane. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .